CVE-2021-3620

lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.39% (33rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

80 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

7 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-test-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-test-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3871
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-test-0:2.9.27-1.el7ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-test-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3872
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
Fixedansible-core-0:2.11.6-1.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
Fixedansible-core-0:2.11.6-1.el8ap.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
Fixedansible-test-0:2.11.6-1.el8ap.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3874
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.noarch as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hostsredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.src as a component of RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedansible-0:2.9.27-1.el8ae.src as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hostsredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.noarch as a component of RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.noarch as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hostsredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.noarch as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.src as a component of RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.src as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hostsredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703
Fixedovirt-ansible-collection-0:1.6.5-1.el8ev.src as a component of Red Hat Virtualization 4 Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4703

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-209USCWE-209USCWE-209USCWE-209US

affected products (80)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Ansibleall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:open_source:ansible:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
n/a Ansible≤ Fixed in Ansible Engine v2.9.27enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat, Inc. Ansible≤ 2.9.27fstec_bduRU
Red Hat, Inc. Ansible Base≤ 2.9.27fstec_bduRU
Red Hat, Inc. Ansible Core≤ 2.9.27fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.15fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Common Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 4.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
redhat ansible automation platform early access= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_early_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible engine< 2.9.27nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (7)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2021:3871Red Hat Security Advisory: Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.27)2021-10-14csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2.9 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:3872Red Hat Security Advisory: Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.27)2021-10-14csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for ansible is now available for Ansible Engine 2 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:3874Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0.1 Security and Bug fix Release2021-10-14csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:4703Red Hat Security Advisory: RHV Engine and Host Common Packages security update [ovirt-4.4.9]2021-11-16csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated dependency packages for ovirt-engine and ovirt-host that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2022-1356Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2021-06-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
GHSA-4r65-35qq-ch8jAnsible discloses sensitive information in traceback error message2022-03-04ghsa · osvUS
Ansible is an IT automation system that handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module where sensitive information, such as the Ansible user credentials, is disclosed by default in the traceback error message when Ansible receives an unexpected response from `set_options`. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality.
PYSEC-2022-1642022-03-03vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such as the Ansible user credentials is disclosed by default in the traceback error message. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-03modified 2026-09-22

references (33)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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